Goalkeepers get most of their recognition for stopping shots, but Chacon did his best work preventing shots in the Mustangs' 1-0 Class 3A Hinsdale South sectional semifinal victory.

"That was the best goalie we saw all year," Redwings coach Sean Wesley said. "He took away a lot of the chances that we normally get. A lot of the through balls, a lot of the diagonals that we connected on all year, he was quick off his line, he was fast and he read it very well. That probably took away a good five or six chances that (Michael Rindler) or Kyle (Kenagy) would normally get, that he just ate up. That probably was the difference in a game like this."

Benet (17-4-1) took 11 shots, 2 in the first half, but Chacon only needed to make 4 saves, none of them especially challenging. He was that good at cutting off the Benet attack.

Morton got its goal in the 33rd minute, finally finding a way around the stalwart Benet defense off a quick free kick.

"A little unfortunate," Wesley said. "A foul in the middle of the field that honestly I don't know if anybody knew which way he was going to call it. And then he gave it to them, caught us a little bit by surprise. There was a gap in between our goalie and our center backs and our outside back.

"To their credit they played a great quick ball over the top and it landed in the perfect spot and a perfect finish. If you're going to lose you might as well lose on a great goal, and unfortunately they got it when it mattered."

Morton (25-2) moves to the sectional final to meet Lyons Twp., which upset top-ranked Hinsdale Central 2-1 in the first semifinal.

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